Japan Flora: Bulbs few or solitary, narrowly ovoid, the outer coat slightly thickened, brown-tinged, entire or slightly netted- fibrous; leaves usually slightly shorter than the scape, obtusely trigonous, 2-5 mm. wide; scapes 30-60 cm. high, the spathe abruptly acute, broadly ovoid; flowers rose-purple, numerous, the pedicels 1-1.5 cm. long, the tepals 4-5 mm. long, elliptic, rounded at apex, the inner segments slightly longer than the outer; filaments much-exserted, broadened at base, the teeth obsolete. Sept.-Nov. Low mountains.

Honshu (Iwaki Prov., Kan to Distr. and westw.), Shikoku, Kyushu. s. Ko­rea.